Montana
Hebgen: The lake has been tough lately, the cooler weather was looking great, but broke into bluebird skies and 70’s for the foreseeable future. The bugs are mostly gone but there are a few callibaetis and midges still hanging around. Stripping streamers and leeches in the upper reaches of the arms has been pretty productive for us. Alternatively, you can hang a leech to a baetis nymph under an indicator.
Flies: #8 Black or Olive Simi Seal Leech, #6 Balanced Squirrel Leech Black, #6 Olive or Black Hot Bead Leech, #8 Booby Leach, #8 Thin Mint, #6 Olive OR Brown Peanut Envy, #4 Supernatural Peanut – Olive, #6 Olive Montana Mouthwash, #18 BBQ Baetis, #18 Turkey Callibaetis, #12 Balanced Damsel, #14 Olive Nugget, #12 O.S. Buzzer
Flows:
Inflow to Hebgen Lake: 687 cfs
Hebgen Lake Outflow: 805 cfs
Kirby Flows: 875 cfs
Temp @ Kirby: High – 56 F
Low – 49 F
** Flows as of 12pm October 9th, 2024 **
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MRO Guide Noah Norwood with a beautiful lake brown
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Upper Madison:
The bright sunny days have made fishing a bit of a grind lately, but the Upper is still fishing ok. Aside from the odd baetis, the surface action has mostly come to a close this season. Nymphing is as consistent as ever – small & natural is the name of the game in the fall. Streamers and Leeches will definitely drag Ol’ Leroy out of the cutbanks and pools as autumn sets in and those browns get mean.
Flies: #16 Sunburst Perdigon, #18 S&M Dark Baetis, #18 Purple JJ Baetis, #16 Black OR Red Krystal Dip, #14 Pilva’s Perdigon – Olive, #16 BWO Loopwing, #18 BWO Magic Fly, #18 CDC BWO Biot Comparadun, #20 Low Water Baetis, #16 Purple Parachute, #20 CW Trico Spinner, #18 CW Rusty Spinner, #4 Olive Supernatural Peanut, #6 Olive MT Mouthwash, #6 Olive/White Barely Legal, #8 Hot Bead Leech – Olive, Black, Brown
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MRO Guide Tyler Amory’s Client Chris with a fat Wade Section ‘Bow
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YNP
As of August 14th, The Northeast Corner of YNP’s hoot owl restrictions on Slough Creek, Soda Butte, Lamar River, and Yellowstone River have been lifted – Have fun!
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*****The Madison, and Gibbon are freshly open, and the Firehole and it’s tributaries are no longer hoot owled. Have Fun!*****
The western side of YNP is slowing down due to the bright and warm weather. Swinging just simply isnt as effective on fair weather days. Nymphing might net a fish or two, and the firehole still has some dry fly fishing to be had. The Northeast Corner is starting to slow down and was recently hit with a lot of rain, which has colored up many of the watersheds up there. There’s still some good fishing to be had before it gets too cold up there though!
Flies: #12 Partridge & Orange, #14 Partridge & Peacock, #16 Diving Caddis Olive, #8 Hot Bead Leech – Black, Olive, or Brown, #6 MT Mouthwash Olive, #6 Olive Slumpbuster, #6 CH Sparkle Minnow – Brownie, #6 Olive OR Brown Peanut Envy, #8 Thin Mint Hot Bead, #4 Supernatural Peanut – Olive & Black
Flows:
Madison near West Yellowstone: – 329 cfs
Yellowstone below Yellowstone Lake: – 667 cfs
Gibbon: – 86 cfs
Firehole: – 232 cfs & 64 F
Lamar: – 149 cfs
Gallatin near Big Sky: 269 cfs
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Get out there!
